Questions for Donna

Questions for Donna

by RKeith

Was it one you loved whom you met that day;
Were you kind to a stranger without trepidation?
In the final moments, could you appreciate
The chasm your exit would ruthlessly score
Into our hearts?

Shopping mall parking lot;
An unfitting terminal for such a true and
Compassionate soul to depart.
Were you dwarfed by jangling red rage
In the heart of your assassin
Or was it most terrifying - his sinister calm?

Electrical cords taut
Around your pale, slender neck; surrounding flesh
So offended, the mortician obliged
To employ concealing scarves.

Were you abraded by rough carpet,
Bruised by the spare
As he dropped you into the trunk
Of the car,
Or were you by then departed?
Broken nails, lacerations attest to your struggle,
Your panic; your final thoughts,
A prayer?

This could not have been at the hands of an enemy;
None existed. Your gentle demeanor
Held comfort for us all and we came
In record numbers;
Standing-room only at the church
Where we endured, bereft,
Lacking reason,
To uncharitably covet a retribution
That would never be.

Henry Lee Lucas held promise;
We cursed him.
But, he was killing others, states away.
Investigations, public and private
Rendered no scrap of information, no suggestion
Of motive,
No hope. If God failed to answer
When you cried out in the darkness,
Where might I
Reach him now?

An ignoble and callous end
To our dear alliance;
I remain, plagued by questions and
The lingering pain.
Friendships last forever; sadly, my truest friend
Departed far too soon.

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